Meanings
adverbaburton (not comparable)
alternative a-burton
- not comparablenauticalWith the length athwartship.
adjectiveaburton (not comparable)
alternative a-burton
- not comparablenauticalWith the length athwartship.
Origin
From a- (“in”) + burton (“athwartship”).
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
aburton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aburton
MLA
“aburton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aburton. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aburton,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aburton.
Source: aburton on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.